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              ACRM patient receives $10,000 education fund by winning national essay contest "My Little Miracle"

              Posted By Atlanta Center for Reproductive Medicine

              Contest Brings Hope and Awareness to Millions of Couples Struggling With Infertility

              PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating National Infertility Awareness Week, April 22-28, 2012, Ferring Pharmaceuticals is honoring three lucky families who won its national 2011 My Little Miracle Essay Contest for their heart-warming and inspirational stories about their journey to parenthood. The contest celebrates the birth of children who were conceived using Ferring's MENOPUR®(menotropins for injection, USP) and/or BRAVELLE® (urofollitropin for injection, purified). Each of the three contest winners receives an education fund to support their child's future.

              The 2011 grand prize winner, Kathryn Hale of St. Petersburg, FL, received a $10,000 education fund for her twin sons. After struggling with infertility for two years, Kathryn and her husband Brian's dreams of parenthood were nearly over. However, with the help of reproductive endocrinologist, Jim Toner, MD and his staff at Atlanta Center for Reproductive Medicine and Ferring fertility treatments, they are now the proud parents of two little miracles.

              "My husband and I were overjoyed to learn that we were the grand prize winner of this year's My Little Miracle essay contest," said Kathryn. "With so many families struggling to conceive, we hope our story conveys a sincere message of hope, to believe in your dreams of parenthood, and to never give up. We are incredibly blessed to have amazing twin boys and now a head start on their education, both thanks to Ferring."

              "We received so many heartwarming, inspirational stories that it was hard to choose a winner," said Joy Lewin, Business Unit Head, Reproductive Health, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. "Kathryn and Brian's story of overcoming the challenges that couples face when undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) and their unrelenting determination to have a baby, had a wonderful, twofold ending. We are delighted that our treatments played a role in their success and that we were able to share their story of hope during National Infertility Awareness Week."

              The second-place contest winner, Laura Capps of Washington, D.C., received an education fund of $7,500, and the third-place winner, Christine Nagel of Bethel Park, PA, won a $5,000 education fund.

              Kathryn's Story

              Kathryn and her husband Brian met on a blind date in 2004 and just a year and a day later, they were married and eager to start a family. After six unsuccessful months of trying to conceive naturally, Kathryn knew something wasn't right. With a reproductive endocrinology nurse as her best friend, she knew that the next step was to make an appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist. After normal results from a round of tests and examinations, Kathryn's doctor suggested that she undergo intrauterine inseminations (IUIs). Unfortunately, after three failed IUIs, followed by one failed IVF cycle, and a doctor who said it was likely that all future IVF cycles would be a failure, Kathryn and Brian's world went black.

              After a few months of soul-searching and trying to determine a path to parenthood, Kathryn felt deep down inside that her best friend and nurse at Atlanta Center for Reproductive Medicine, was going to help make parenthood a reality. Therefore, under the care of her reproductive medicine team at Atlanta Center for Reproductive Medicine, Kathryn tried IVF for the second time. She used MENOPUR and BRAVELLE which resulted in more than 20 healthy, viable eggs. On her grandparent's wedding anniversary, two blastocysts were transferred into Kathryn's uterus and less than nine months after receiving the much-anticipated news from her best friend that "you're going to have a baby," the couple gave birth to twin boys, Jameson and Walker.

              "No matter how difficult our journey was to parenthood, we are infinitely blessed with the gift of being parents to Jameson and Walker," wrote Kathryn. "Our story has a happy ending and one that has guaranteed that my smile is at least one inch wider now, making even the hardest parts of our journey cherished."

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